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As television crews descended on 3551 bound in Circle East in Jacksonville, Florida,

a forensic team was already underway, unloading shovels, dirt zifters, and a grand penetrating

radar system.

It was February 2016 and was in the first time, commotion from the property had drawn

neighbors out into the street.

Out of sight, behind a Jerry-Rigged Privacy Fence, investigators were about to unearth

the skeletal remains of a young woman who hadn't been seen in a year.

But to police, there were only two mysteries surrounding the discovery, the victim's

name, and the exact cause of death.

Everything else about the murder detectives believed they already knew, because the murderer

had confessed and drawn them a map to the precise location of the remains.

For me now, as we take a look into a bizarre case that finally came to a conclusion after

years of delays in the judicial system, you'll learn how a disturbed man terrorized neighborhood,

and how the persistence of local residents finally helped to take him down, bringing an end

to a home they referred to as Jacksonville's very own House of Horrors.

Jacksonville, Florida, is the most populous city in the state, with nearly one million

residents enjoying perpetual sunshine beside the Atlantic Ocean.

The first coast, as the area is known, is the very definition of urban sprawl.

In the years following World War II, thousands of families flocked to the area where rows

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